IAA Walk Around and Live Bidding! 1978 VW Super Beetle!! 11-5-21

[@steveg2203]

Beetles got fuel injection in 1975. Fastback and Squarebacks had fuel injection in the late 60's

[@timbowhite3215]

Good Morning My Good Little Bro Randy Lee Shear Of Auto Auction Rebuilds

[@lawrencetaylor5481]

I owned a 78 Super Beetle. Don't remember what the fuel injection looked like but, if I remember correctly, it was throttle body so, it has something resembling a carburetor. The no start issue could be the battery was too weak even though it had power. I'd get it and call Mustie1, he knows damn near EVERYTHING about VW's. He would have it running in like 2 minutes as long as it had fuel pressure. Would love to see the Beetle revived. The convertibles are quite the collector item in the VW community. You could maybe even sell it to Mustie, I'm sure he'd be very interested. JMO. One other thing, the car with the miss, not the Infinity but the other one, could be a coil. My van LOVES to get a miss every 3 years or so, it's old but, NEVER throws a check engine light. I could be wrong but, worth checking out. Good luck Randy!

[@brettjeffries7322]

Randy if you are going to mess with Beatle bugs you need to watch more MUSTIE 1 !!! he is the master on them !

[@TOM-C.]

From the prices I'm looking at, the beetle is worth $4 grand all day as it sits not running. If you can get it for a few grand or less, I'd say it would make a great long term vlog project, or short term depending on how you want to approach it. Every single part for this bug is available after market which makes it easy to refurbish or rebuild. Be interesting for sure! 👍✌

[@CupwakeRBLX]

I’m thinking about picking it up and restoring it for my dad. He’s always wanted a convertible beetle and I think he would love a super beetle.

[@TOM-C.]

@@CupwakeRBLX If you do, are you going to post the refurb? I'll sign up to your channel if so. It would be a great project to get your channel rolling if that's a goal. Or, for posterity, either way it would be interesting, and I don't recall seeing one rebuilt on KZbin.👍✌

[@CupwakeRBLX]

TOM C. Idrk, I might.

[@lancehigdon8683]

Backseat

[@obsoletegeek]

The beetle would be a fun one to transform! Plenty of mechanical parts available for these.

[@leebryant5443]

The biggest thing you need to watch on the beetle convertible is to check the floor pans they tend to rust out and that’s the strength of the car

[@dictator97]

The light flashing on the cr-v is: Brake press You must press the brake pedal before activating the electric parking brake or automatic brake hold. If the indicator blinks, automatic brake hold is canceled during operation. Immediately press the brake pedal.

[@ccross1210]

WOOOW!! A ratchet strap for a motor mount!! It's "Bubba~fied" That's wild as hell. I've ran a car off the washer fluid bottle to get home, but nothing as ratchet as that! Great content!

[@matthewdarrylsutton7235]

Wow

[@scotttillotson1989]

The Beetle Convertibles are appreciating in value; especially the older ones.If you can get it cheap, it would be something that would appreciate un value over time. This one looks a little rough, but if it’s structurally ok it could be worthwhile.

[@hydrazombie]

I put a 350 Oldsmobile engine in an 84 Buick regal coupe had the motor mount stools on the engine but not bolted or welded to the frame of the car, drove like that for years with no problems

[@locotrucker46]

Buy the beetle randy! They're in demand and very easy to work on.

[@PApauloantonio]

Oh man! If you don't buy this Bettle Bug, I'll buy it. I really love Bettle Bugs, my friend.

[@javierjustiniano-alayon2254]

O love the Super Beetle!A friend got one as a birthday present our senior year in high school.A/C!

[@charlesking1244]

Hey Randy, I Bet That ‘77 Beetle Runs Like A Top, The Starter Solenoid’s Under The Other Part Of The Seat.. Get It, It’ll Make Great Content Man!!

[@JrZCarZ]

You should have thrown the booster pack on the Beetle. You can see the wipers slightly move so that battery was probably dead

[@lonniegrothe6244]

I like the VW never seen you do a beetle Volkswagen like that I think it'd be pretty cool you never had one of those on your Channel truck driver Lonnie out here in California Keep On Truckin

[@AverageBud]

Bug is totally worthy of saving

[@95617]

Yup can make some money on it

[@AverageBud]

@@h.v.g7882 I have a 73 Super beetle I got in 2018 for 4K that was in a little bit better shape it has nearly tripled in value from what I have read. Been a good little fun car.

[@cool74pickup98]

i think the VW would be great content for everyone, get it running and drive it around maybe even get it repainted

[@leebraddock8624]

The Super Beetles are worth a lot of money, they are bringing crazy prices right now!

[@eliswalley6088]

Get that beetle running sir I'd love to see you work on an old vw bug

[@robertj2]

Love to have that VW.

[@JeffXram]

I believe the battery was too weak to turn the starter, but strong enough to operate the door ajar buzzer. Could have hooked up your jump pack and see what it would do.

[@ajcates9136]

Pull the trunk and check rear body panel and trunk floor pop the hood check ur jambs it will clue u in to mayhem measure wheel base with a tape measure

[@snoopysrc]

Auto Auction Rebuilds try and jump it from the the starter with your jumper pack then if it runs buy it

[@davidlilly3564]

Yes go for it Randy. Please get that old school herbee.

[@damonmason2650]

Randy: I do think that the Nissan Xterra Xe will be an excellent automotive repair lesson; if I were you, I would buy it.

[@Rockk12]

If you dont mind blown head gaskets lol. Been there

[@pittsburgh4127]

I had a 1973 vw and the engine went I put 911 turbo engine in it and was a lot of fun but you have to make some modifications lol

[@mmddmm553]

When you were looking for the battery I was talking to my phone screen “ back seat “ lol

[@haskellburks]

Hello Randy. The Infinity Q305 is a nice car. The rest of the cars and trucks are awesome.

[@HeavyTanker-vx4oq]

I can tell you not to mess with that Q50. The funnel, and the smoke coming out the exhaust leads me to believe the turbos are bad, or going bad. And the seals are leaking dumping oil into the engine.

[@lukeheffernan]

I could be wrong, but I think that model is naturally aspirated. Definitely could be seals or head gasket though.

[@jerryl10000]

@@lukeheffernan You’re right, it is the naturally aspirated model as it has the 3.7L engine.

[@fearlessfly100]

My dad had a 78 Volkswagen van with a 2.0 fuel injected engine in the rear.......that thing would run 70 all day long with that engine in it.....have fun out there....😁

[@jorgebetancourt9303]

Definitely that Bug is worth saving. Had a friend who had one and if I remember correctly he would have to put it in gear to start. Not sure if it was just his or not that did that. I say Let's Get The Bug!

[@diljitsingh9444]

I consider Beetle to be the best designed car. The restoration may be expensive but then sometimes it's worth it

[@fredmaxwell9619]

Like that Beetle. Could be fun to see if you can get it running and cleaned up some.

[@rayshutsa6690]

Hi Randy I have always liked Volkswagen beetles it would make a good fixer upper. Hope you are having a great day. Thank you for another great video. 😀❤🇨🇦

[@albertagibinik3436]

Infinity has blown check engine light bulb. Bug battery under back is rust prone spot. If you sold the bug in socal or Arizona, Huge following there.

[@edwardjbarton]

3.3 Nissan - It's a runner. You detail out that Xterra and do the valve cover gaskets, and you're $3k all day long.

[@XxKingDominusxX]

The A/C on old Nissan do work you have to let them warm up 😂 but you have to turn on A/C and circulate and wait until it hot up because sometimes it takes time lol

[@arekay21]

Thanks for the continued content and consistent uploads! I love watching your videos before bed, it’s fun to see all the different things you find at these yards, and you always find ways to keep it entertaining. It’s a nice break from this crazy world we live in nowadays. Way over here in NH we don’t have anything really like these so this is really cool. Keep up the good work and good luck with all your projects!

[@Q50.Shawn524]

The Infiniti Q50S 🔥🔥🔥❤️ you can do so much with those Infiniti’s it’s crazy have one myself and absolutely love it

[@richroj]

Randy, you are soo funny watching the video with the Super Beetle. all of your comments about it. my wife came into my media room asking me what was so funny? I told her!!

[@coreyverrett8117]

The VW Bug reminds me of Huey Hoggs bug in the original Dukes of Hazzard all its missing is the big ole horns like Boss Hoggs Cadillac

[@outmybitness]

The Honda has been parked so close to something and the collision assist is kicking in lol

[@DiocletianQ3T]

I've had a 2004 Xterra, same setup as that one. FYI that Service Engine Soon light in the Xterra is the camshaft position sensor. It sits in the valley of the engine and over time the connection deteriorates, usually around 120k+. It is still driveable for a while but it will run very rich and eventually foul the O2 sensors and catalytic converter. I drove mine with that issue for about 45k miles until the cat went bad and stunk too much to drive.

[@oscarkeller5936]

When you opened the hood with ratchet strap motor the words that came to mind was (WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK) Meanwhile I questioned the previous owners sanity and intelligence!

[@alamara221]

and you could’ve tried jumping the beetle, it was obviously low battery by the wipers wiping slowly

[@vernfreeman]

just because you have a little bit of a buzzer when you turn the key and the ignition doesn't mean the battery is powerful enough to start it sounds that would have hooked the jumper pack to it and try it that way

[@jmyeds]

YES to the super beetle!

[@kevinallen8162]

The 1979 was the last year that the air cooled Beetle Convertible was imported into US so that little 1978 was near the end of its line in the US - it may have been a triple white Wolfsburg Edition. That little car would make some interesting content.

[@tammysigworth2681]

The Beetle was cute Randy but finding parts for it might be rough. I always wanted a Beetle and the closest I ever came to one I rented a car and I told them I wanted a car that was easy on gas. I got my wish. A purple Beetle and it was so much fun !

[@steve-ph9yg]

The parts are readily available and for information Mustie1 is a big VW guy.

[@adamchaves71]

I would love the Bug. Super easy to work on

[@miebrus79]

this beetle is a speciale series. Only 1000 where made for dealers if they did sell a lot of VW's. Yhis serie with both gold lines on the side of the doors is a triple white beetle. This serie was made because of the 1 miljon production of the Golf1. You will ever find a lot of them. The paint is still original and yes it was fuelinjection.

[@RoadsterLoverMedia]

IIRC Beetles of that era had a mandatory seat belt. If it is latched you have to unlatch and re-latch before the car would start. I think all convertibles were built of Super Beetles.

[@davidhoff4237]

How about the red Ford Explorer beside the silver Nissan?

[@dynamodbld4814]

Randy; stay with what you know! Stay away from the bugs!

[@shaunwalker2055]

I have a 02 SuperCharged Xterra like that one and its been a great solid truck, just very gas hungry.

[@commonsence1129]

That BMW 745 looks so nice in that blue. I know it is a massive pile of junk but looks nice.

[@ronlynch7744]

The Beetle is cool. The rest not so much. 😎👍🇨🇦

[@nathantatosian280]

Hi Randy Beetle all right look one from Herbie from the movie if seen that movie

[@pavel1809]

THAT 2021 TOYOTA TACOMA IS A BEAUTIFUL PROJECT PROBABLY IT WILL GO TO 16K OR MAYBE LESS YOU NEVER KNOW SWAP THE FRAME AND ALL THE PROBLEMS WILL BE FIX

[@johngullie7503]

One thing I do want to buy a used car while running I pull the oil cap and check for back pressure

[@jeremybarrett2294]

Randy on deck love how u talk man makes me laugh 😅

[@jamieeedden777]

Always enjoy your walk arounds Randy and I like the fact u show respect when finding a door open u take the time to shut it and u show respect generally when looking at a car a lot don’t bother :) it’s a shame u don’t sell to the general public as I’m in the market for one of those bmw convertibles that u have and I’d rather put the money in the pocket of someone like u than a selfish car dealer or private seller

[@lirr408]

The Camry next to the Tacoma looks good. Not sure about the front end. Also, the Corolla on the other side looks good.

[@pittsburgh4127]

Randy for that bug .you will need a radiator .also if you end up buying in it lol

[@todddenio3200]

That bug is air cooled so doesn’t have a radiator

[@pittsburgh4127]

@@todddenio3200 lol Iknow I had one I was joking

[@todddenio3200]

@@pittsburgh4127 it’s been a long day already so I’m kinda out of it

[@pittsburgh4127]

@@todddenio3200 I hear you still at work

[@thomasfletcher4765]

One thing about those xterras , the trans cooling tank in radiator have been known to fail and end up getting coolant in the atf ( which will kill the trans ) . Had it happen to an xterra at an auction I worked at , nasty mess .

[@robertsteele667]

It probably was a fuel injection and they went to a carb it's probably a pic34 carb with a empi air filter. Ua I had a few bugs lol. The oem efi was trouble some back then. Don't forget to check the antifreeze

[@Mike-sl2gr]

Keep up what your doing i love it god bless you and family

[@kaboongu9292]

Yeah I like the little beetle. Cute! Love to see what you could you do it. Let’s face it, you’re way better off so far with this than the Swampvette and look what you did to that. 🙂

[@jayceec3539]

The rear plastic bumper guard,is more than likely hiding the rear damage!!

[@alessandroceretta2603]

The Beetle will be a good content for the channel!

[@mbatchelor]

On the Lexus, if the engine wasn't misfiring - might have been worth a chance, but all the airbags blown on the car, I think you made the right choice to walk away! Wouldn't doubt if that Murano has a bad CVT also... those things had horrible transmissions. VW Bug parts are super cheap... you can pretty much order the whole darn car out of the JC Whitney catalog... Even those engines are self rebuildable for a shadetree mechanic. For a Beetle of its era its in good shape. I'd love to see you get her up and running again at least, and might be worth waiting that month or so for a nice Maaco paint job....

[@gamalattiah]

He didn’t look at no damn lexus

[@autosalvage]

Valve cover gaskets and tune up on Nissan 6500 here all day long

[@C.M.S.recordingsstudio]

Did I hear that Beatle singing!" love love me do!

[@sirenhead8767]

My cousin owns an old Masada… old enough to where the roof is sagging.. and when I say sagging I mean sagging…

[@timothyharrison8953]

I had a rental Taco with the TRD package for a few months. Good truck, but not meant for a person 6'4".

[@SH-di8im]

Hey maybe those runningboards where for grandpa on the Toyota truck

[@davidstrock6493]

Randy, I'm interested in the Super Beetle. Please bid on it.

[@stephen592]

If you check the NICB vincheck for those total loss clean titles, I'm willing to bet they'll still come up as a total loss there. Just not reflected on the actual title. That's at least how it will happen in Texas on totaled newer vehicles that are borderline

[@arthurkabian9301]

Hey Stephen, do you know if these cars will maintain a clean title regardless the total loss record on Nicb?

[@OurNotSoSeriousLife]

Get the beetle! Really super cool vdub.

[@mexicanspec]

Did anybody notice the Isuzu version of the S10 Blazer that was behind Randy?

[@cjmaher88]

I really liked that last Nissan, and I’m no Nissan fan. That started up strong!

[@AJ-wj9ij]

HI Randy I'm new on your channel live it brother !question? Does Iaai auction let you jump on their lot , we in raleigh nc they don't let us with anything to start ? Thanks again stay warm

[@beckystaggs7116]

That Toyota Tacoma is nice and I know how you feel about how high you sit in that Truck that is how I feel in my husband's truck but that don't say much cause I am 5'2 so anything bigger than my focus make me feel like I am sitting high lol

[@kennethhuff7158]

Randy that was a Chili seat, good video.

[@fredhess9908]

That 78 be fun to see

[@markpearce1103]

The bug is a cool little car I'd be into that

[@mhawkins1975]

That beetle would be great content. I’d love to see will it run and drive home video.

[@MNorris1985]

Someone who says good threads on their tires also has Cadillac converters....Ratchet strap for a motor mount they must've recently watched the rocky series on cleeters channel lol

[@kennethstevenson976]

The VW had fuel injection in the early 70's. That carb is a conversion.

[@foltoncalhoun1538]

Yes get the x Tera , love it

[@ItsaRomethingeveryday]

Just got notifications, Liked

[@moliuderti5541]

Thank you. Enjoy with Your video is beautiful

[@moliuderti5541]

I want to see a Honda 2000 CRV

[@SermedAlWasiti]

Hey, Randy! One of your new guys here... Just a quick suggestion...Why don't you get a portable OBD2 scanner? It could maybe speed up your checking out any engine/tranny issues...Save you some time by weeding out the problematic ones quickly...

[@mexicanspec]

Were you playin' when you didn't know the battery for the VW was under the back seat?

[@lirr408]

The VW would be a nice addition to the channel. The Infiniti was nice and the Tacoma. There is a nice Impala next to the Infiniti.

[@colyngautreaux1078]

I said oh my god the same time you did on that Nissan Murano 😂😂

[@AircraftMechanic-AP]

Battery was dead on the bug. You can tell because how slow the wipers moved.

[@leebraddock8624]

Nissan Xterra is hard to kill, they run forever!

[@jayceec3539]

I had to replace the rear plastic bumper guard on my nissan versa..and found damage to the actual previous bumper it'self ..that was'nt reported to the carfax,b4 I purchased it for the family..